One of two people initially charged in the death of a 17-year-old has pleaded guilty to a weapons charge. Charles Phillips, 26, of Utica pleaded to felony second-degree criminal possession of a weapon ...

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:49:25 GMT — A 24-year-old man accused of ambushing a Utica police officer should not be convicted of murder based on "speculation, sympathy and pity," a defense lawyer said ...

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:43:36 GMT — UTICA, N.Y. (AP) - A defense attorney is asking a jury not to convict her client of killing an upstate New York police officer based on "speculation, sympathy and pity.

A Madison County woman sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing her live-in boyfriend could stand trial again December, after a state appeals court overturned her conviction. Brenda Lee Hartman, 45 ...